Yes thats true and if you think you have some thing better to come up with then i look forward to you. My niche is gaming and adsense is klling my efforts :S
I do not want to break this record, even though my account is not so good either but I dont want to be that bad in it.
have you tried the CPA program of google? it might work for you..i heard some are earning about $120 in just two days, you might get more.
Cpa works good on some sites. It depends on topic of site and if they have any CPA ads for it. Try to find the best paying keywords for your site. That many clicks should pay more money.
I have ads inside content so that was the best i could do and get most relevant ads. I tried referrals for a day at less visible spot and it did not convert i guess i am not good in picking right ref program. Site is being overhauled design and programming and then i shall try cpa etc. I guess i am just smart priced. Bleeh i had to work hard to get up to that point and it took over 1 year .
Try the competition filter. http://www.adsblacklist.com/ can give you a list of websites that don't pay for your keywords. You can also watch the ads that are displayed and enter them in the ads filter.
I am getting almost 58% from google 25% from yahoo and rest from smaller search engines and affiliates it totals up to 300+ sources all are natural links. I have tried adfilter before but there was not much difference.
If it isn't working for you then scrap it. Instead, sell advertising space. You can even do it in the DP Link Sales forum Section
Jin does it went down suddenly or progressively? i am too running a gaming site (not arcade) and starting last friday my clicks goes from around aveage 7 cents a click (was more than that back in Jan-Apr) to now 2-4 cents a click ... same ctr same impression ... i get a few hundred clicks a day ... it hurts ... i just replace some space with clicksor which gets a lower ctr cuz their ads are crappy and not attractive but the cpc is higher than adCENTS ... hoping it will end soon ...
when i started a year ago my clicks were 4-5 cent or more but now its just owned badly. I might be dumping adsense or atleast use some other companies along side.
Yeah, well at least you've got traffic. I've got very little traffic and my ad sense earnings aren't that great... but then if I had more traffic, I'd have more clicks!
Referral could be a good idea, or just like the others have said some other CPA program. Seems a little odd that all them clicks would give an outcome of such a low value - im sure something isn't right there.